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I wanted to mention that Greg Johnson’s mention of how he would have been a White revolutionary aiming cannons at the rich Whites in their plantation houses reminded me somewhat of Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion

Bacon was, at least nominally, fighting against heavy taxation of the poor Whites, judicial corruption, the personal enrichment of Governor Berkeley at the expense of common Whites and the failure of the Governor to protect White colonists from the Indians.

I also take note of Bacon’s use of the phrase “against the commonality.” Commonality being the same word (Gemeinsamkeit in German) that Bolton has said in his essay, Wagner as Metapolitical Revolutionary, that Wagner used in reference to the Volk.

It might be worth noting that Wendell Berry uses the term “commonwealth” in a similar manner as “commanality” and “Gemeinsamkeit,” notably in his recent book, What Matters? Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth.

Capitalism really does go off the rails very easily and badly if left to its own devices. 60 minutes had a segment a few months ago about how China has built tens of thosands of luxury units that no one can afford. In so doing it tore down a lot of low income housing. It has become an economy that’s not talking to itself at all; a body that has lost its homeostasis. As Plato defined it, health is a love affair between the organs. This is a fine metaphor for a well functioning society as well.

Low interest spurs speculative bubble economies, which is bad. Higher interest rates tend to discourage speculation, which is good. So if one has interest, low interest is worse than high interest. But one could have a no interest economy that discourages speculative bubbles as well by having rigorous standards of credit worthiness, limited the number of homes or businesses people can acquire, etc.

High property prices in California are largely due to Prop 13. It shifted taxes away from land and onto labor. If property taxes are low, financial capital is attracted to property. Financial capital can sit on land, making it unproductive and increasing prices for folks who would otherwise use it. This effect is both masked and amplified by a 30-year period of declining rates which would begin about 4 years after Prop 13 was passed.

In this system, the remnants of the middle class should vie for higher property taxes. In a better system, home ownership would be limited and the overclass would have its excess property confiscated and burned as a restorative ritual.

You have a calm voice that is actually quite pleasant to listen to, and I can tell from your philosophy lectures you’ve posted that you have no problem with speaking freely, so you should be able to make great use of this format.
And on that note, unless it’s too time-intensive I think it would be great if you’d start reading out some articles again like you did in the first couple of podcasts on this site. It’s nice to be able to absorb content by listening to it on my way to work instead of having to dedicate spare time to reading it. I would however prefer it if you simply read one article at a time and linked to the audio file from the article page, rather than bundling up several articles into one long podcast like you guys did back then.
I would also like to suggest a different naming scheme for the filenames of the CCR podcasts. It should contain the date in a format like YYYY-MM-DD, because that way it’s easier to sort them chronologically. E.g.: CCR20170120-KevinMacDonaldInauguralAddress.mp3

I think this would be a really great idea. It would do more to actualize the notion of CC as a “right-wing university.” I can imagine a Counter-Currents Academy that made videos on everything from a true Right-wing perspective that is denied to Europeans around the world all with the goal of better educating our people.

I like the way Khan Academy allows for people to earn badges and awards for intensive studying. That would definitely be a hit. Also, I like that it keeps track of your growth as a student and offers up reviews, tests, and even more areas of potential study based on what you’ve gravitated towards before.

This could be done for CC, but it would likely require ten more people like Greg Johnson with the intelligence and discernment to be able to explicate ideas.

Can you imagine lessons on Spengler’s Decline of the West, the traditionalism of Julius Evola, the music of Wagner, ancient Sparta, World War I and II, the Cold War, Nietzschean philosophy, etc? It’d be great.

Thanks for these kind words and helpful suggestions. We will create separate audio files for my various talks and put them on their own page. In the future, I will make a point of releasing audio versions of most new pieces I write at the same time as the print versions.

You mentioned “the problem,” amongst others, of too many immigrants taking rather than producing value. In Canada we actually import quadriplegics. The man was bombed in Iran and left a quad. He decided to go to Canada and after finding an apartment here he signed up for English lessons and physical therapy. He is doing well and although still in a wheelchair has some use of his arms and his hands. The rest of his family has joined him here who hopefully will be serious tax payers to offset the quiet cutbacks going on I the heath care industry.

I could give other examples but this one is available for all to read at:

Nice discussion, I really wish we could get there. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and America has long been a magnet for people who love money, so it’s no surprise our society is dominated by money lovers and their god. And that the experts, the Jews, sit on top.